Elena Chernyak

Biographic Data

ID241611
NAMEElena Chernyak
GIVEN NAMESElena
FAMILY NAMEChernyak
SIGNATURECHERNYAK E
AFFILIATIONSHartwick College
ORCID0000-0003-0965-6551
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS23
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX3

  • From past to present

    Elena Chernyak, Ryan Ceresola et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gender-Based Violence2020

    The objective of this research is to analyse the prevalence of physical intimate partner violence (IPV) in ten developing countries in four regions as identified by the Demographics and Health Survey (DHS): Sub-Saharan Africa with Mali and Nigeria; North Africa/West Asia with Egypt and Jordan; South and Southeast Asia with Cambodia, Pakistan and the Philippines; and Latin America and the Caribbean with Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Peru. Thes…

  • A Comparative Study of Intimate Partner Violence in Post-Soviet Countries

    Open AccessElena ChernyakARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2020References: 45

    Investigating intimate partner violence (IPV) in different societies and analyzing micro- and macro-level factors that contribute to IPV is important for social scientists to understand the nature of IPV. The present study provides a cross-country examination of the prevalence of physical IPV and empirical correlates of physical IPV in five post-Soviet countries. This research is based on the data generated through the Demographic and Health Surv…

  • Understanding women's empowerment and its determinants in post-communist countries

    Open AccessNazim Habibov, Betty Jo Barrett et al.ARTICLEWomen s Studies International Forum2017Cited by: 11References: 3

  • What Is a Woman Created For? The Image of Women in Russia through the Lens of the Russian Orthodox Church

    Open AccessElena ChernyakARTICLEFeminist Theology2016

    Religion has an essential effect on the development of any society since it impacts religious norms and models of behaviour, establishes priorities and values, influences gender relations, predetermines gender roles, and influences the establishing of certain traditions, laws, and customs. This article is a review of the historic position of the Russian Orthodox Church – the dominant religion in Russia – its past and current status in Russia, and…

  • Development of the Partner's Treatment of Animals Scale

    Amy Fitzgerald, Betty Barrett et al.ARTICLEAnthrozoös2016Cited by: 6References: 38

    Although studies of the relationship between animal abuse and intimate partner violence have proliferated in recent years, building upon previous work and making cross-study comparisons have been rendered difficult by the utilization of differing operationalizations of animal maltreatment within this literature. This paper aims to mitigate this problem by introducing and detailing a scale of animal maltreatment by romantic partners, developed and…

  • Factors Affecting Prevalence and Extent of Intimate Partner Violence in Ukraine

    Open AccessBetty Jo Barrett, Nazim Habibov et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2012Cited by: 6References: 16

    This study examined the prevalence and ecological correlates of intimate partner violence against women in Ukraine. A nationally representative sample of ever-married female respondents of the 2007 Ukraine Demographic Health Survey was used for this analysis. Findings suggest that although numerous ecological factors predict women's experiences of emotional, physical, and sexual intimate partner violence, two factors were common correlates of all…